塌

Translingual

Han character

塌 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土日尸一 (GASM), four-corner 4612₇, composition ⿰土𦐇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 235, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5322
• Dae Jaweon: page 472, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 471, character 13
• Unihan data for U+584C

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Chinese

trad.		塌
simp. #		塌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (蹋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
傝	*tʰoːms, *tʰaːb
搨	*tʰoːb, *taːb
蹹	*doːb
榻	*tʰaːb
遢	*tʰaːb
鰨	*tʰaːb
毾	*tʰaːb
塌	*tʰaːb
溻	*tʰaːb
蹋	*daːb
躢	*daːb
闒	*daːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰaːb) : semantic 土 (“dirt”) + phonetic 𦐇 ()

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tā (ta¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thap / lap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ta
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹
    • Yale: tā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taap³
    • Yale: taap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thap / lap
    • Tâi-lô: thap / lap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tab, lab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰap̚³²/, /lap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰap̚⁵/, /lap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰap̚³²/, /lap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰap̚³²/, /lap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰap̚³²/, /lap̚³²/

Note:

• thap - literary;
• lap - vernacular.

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	塌
Reading #	1/1
No.	12247
Phonetic component	蹋
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	榻
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːb/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 塌

1. to collapse; to fall down
2. to sink; to droop
3. to calm down; to settle down

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

塌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)

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Korean

Hanja

塌 • (tap) (hangeul 탑, revised tap, McCune–Reischauer t'ap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 塌 (tháp)

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